Correspondence to Arco C van der Vlist, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, CA 3000, The Netherlands; a.vandervlist{at}erasmusmc.nl Background Achilles ...

2 Research Institute of the Hospital 12 de Octubre (“i+12”), Madrid, Spain Although there is no consensus as to whether exercise is beneficial during pregnancy, most studies report it poses no risk to ...

Objectives The objective of our study was to assess the benefits and harms of tramadol vs placebo in adults with chronic pain. Design The research method was a systematic review of randomised clinical ...

Objectives The development of simple tools to identify individuals at high risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) would enable rapid implementation of preventive measures. This study was designed to ...

Introduction Delirium is a critical and complex neuropsychiatric syndrome that significantly affects older adults in general hospital wards. Although multicomponent interventions have been shown to be ...

Background The lectin-like oxidised low-density lipoprotein receptor-1 (LOX-1) mediates atherosclerotic plaque inflammation and vulnerability. On activation, LOX-1 sheds its extracellular domain into ...

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Handoffs have become integral to almost all aspects of hospital-based care. Realities such as duty hour limitations and shift work mean that patients are cared for by numerous individuals each day in ...

Pain perception is a vital protective mechanism.1 However, chronic pain, maladaptive and persistent, constitutes a major disease burden.2 Reliance on opioid analgesics is fraught with risks of ...

Overuse of medical devices such as urinary and vascular catheters remains a pervasive problem contributing to preventable hospital-associated infections and other complications. There is not much ...

1 Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China 2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China Recent advances in high-throughput microbiome ...

This review essay critically examines a modern manifestation of the scientific clinical gaze, drawing upon Michel Foucault’s foundational concepts. Using a Swedish medical case involving cultural bias ...